front tooth
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1.0
- noun
- /frʌnt tuθ/
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diente delantero
- I felt that my front teeth were broken.
- two front teeth
- missing front teeth
- lost a front tooth
We had to have Dylan's tooth taken out, and he was without his front tooth until he was six years old.
- We had to have Dylan's tooth taken out, and he was without his front tooth until he was six years old.
- But all I want, really for my birthday is your two front teeth.
- Oh, Hannibal, why oh why did you get rid of that sexy space between your front teeth?
- She had a chipped front tooth, but also as if any happiness seeping out was unseemly for the likes of her.
- I said you're right I bed butted him till his two front teeth have come out.
- And he did say it, but they are hard to understand because there's when they talk, the gap in their front teeth makes like a whistling sound.
Examples
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That's how I lost my front teeth.
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Oh, his two front teeth are so close to falling out.
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One of her front teeth fell out.
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Feeling around the inside of his mouth, he discovered a gap where his front teeth should have been.
Fiction book (1992) -
One of my front teeth hurts a lot.
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The driver of the van is a skinny man with no front teeth.
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Both types, however, usually reveal filed front teeth as a sign of beauty.
Academic text (1998) -
And last year I fully replaced all of my front teeth with veneers.
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There is a charming gap between her two front teeth, which her mother, for some reason, is self-conscious about.
Fiction book (1992) -
After she fell while playing, her mom noticed that one of her front teeth was chipped.
Synonyms
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1.0
A hard white part in the mouth used for biting and chewing
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3.6
A front tooth used for cutting food
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7.3
A front tooth such as an incisor or canine
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3.3
A pointed tooth next to the front teeth that tears food
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'front' (located at the forward part) + 'tooth' (a biting/chewing tooth), so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it refers to a tooth at the front of the mouth (e.g., an incisor or canine). This simple compositional noun phrase follows common cross‑linguistic logic and standard English adjective + noun structure, making it immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Front tooth is simple: front means at the very front of the mouth and tooth is the part that helps 'cut' food and shows when you smile. So it means a tooth at the front of the mouth.